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| Robin 25th Jan 2018 CVL (George Stacey) |
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
Jack Snipe
Hawfinch
Lesser Scaup
BRISTOL
Coombe Dingle Garden:
2 Bullfinch
Blaise Estate:
3 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail
Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine, 20 Jackdaw
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| 25-1-18 Jackdaws in the Gorge (Keith Fowler) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
5 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Stock Dove
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| 25-1-18 Short-eared Owl (Keith Fowler) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
4 Cormorant (marina)
Uphill:
3 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Black Redstart (f)
Bleadon:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 25-1-18 Buzzard (William Hewitt) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 20 Sky Lark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 13 Pied Wagtail, 3 Stonechat, 205 Fieldfare,
10 Yellowhammer, 40 Corn Bunting, 5 Goldfinch, 50 Linnet (Rushmead Lane am)
1 Hawfinch, 17 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin (Marshfield garden)
Oldland St Anne's Church:
1 Hawfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck
Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Coal Tit
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| Hybrid Duck (Chiloe Wigeon x Mallard.) 25th Jan 2018 CVL (Richard Mielcarek) |
Dam:
3 Goldeneye
Woodford:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Scaup (f, in Villice bay close in to the reeds out of the wind), 2 Dunnock
2 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch
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| 25-1-18 Dunnock and Goldfinch at Woodford (Ian Stapp) |
6 Goosander, 5 Scaup (1m, 4f)
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| 25-1-18 Common Sandpiper at Heron's Green (Simon Mackie) |
2 Goosander, Common Sandpiper, GBB Gull, Little Grebe
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| 25-1-18 Great Black-backed Gull (Jon Mortin) |
5 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 12 Wigeon, 1 Cetti's, Bullfinch, 5 Fieldfare, Tawny Owl (calling)
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| 25-1-18 Great Crested Grebe and Pochard at from Moreton hide (Ian Stapp) |
6 Shelduck
Way out on the lake:
Lesser Scaup (extremely hard to see in the choppy water.)
Out of Avon
Great Grey Shrike, Crabtree Hill
Richard's Pipit, Arlingham
Penduline Tit, Plock Court
Reports: Peter Coslett, Nigel Sluman, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Denise Whittle, Alastair Fraser, John Clark, Keith Fowler, Jon Mortin, John Osborne, Aravind Ramesh, Simon Mackie, William Hewitt, Richard Mielcarek, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
2017 Avon Bird Report
We are still missing descriptive notes or photographs for quite a few of the local rarities seen last year. In order to make the 2017 report as complete as possible, if you saw any of the birds on the list below can you please let us have some confirmatory notes as soon as possible.
Thanks
Rich Mielcarek
Thanks
Rich Mielcarek
| Species | Count | Date | Site |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 26/10/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Clevedon Pill |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 05/12/2017 | Blagdon Lake (BL) |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 | 12/11/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Present | 05/01/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Great Northern Diver | 1 | 11/11/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Balearic Shearwater | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Leach's Petrel | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Leach's Petrel | 4 | 13/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Cattle Egret | 2 | 11/02/2017 | Winterbourne, Moorend, R Frome |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 17/02/2017 | Congresbury |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 25/03/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 17/02/2017 | Kenn Moor, Claverham Drove |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 26/02/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 21/04/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW |
| Goshawk | 1 | 08/07/2017 | Wickwar, Lower Woods |
| Crane | 2 | 25/03/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth |
| Grey Phalarope | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Ring-billed Gull | Present | 08/01/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Caspian Gull | Present | 02/03/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice |
| Turtle Dove | 1 | 25/04/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) |
| Turtle Dove | 2 | 01/06/2017 | Bristol, Sea Mills, Sylvan Way |
| Nightjar | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Avonmouth, Trading Estate, Severn Rd to Hallen |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 03/04/2017 | Tortworth, Michael Wood, Little River Avon |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 3 | 13/04/2017 | R. Chew N of Compton Dando |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 08/05/2017 | Wickwar, Lower Woods |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 5 | 25/06/2017 | R. Chew N of Compton Dando |
| Willow Tit | 1 | 21/12/2017 | Radstock, Cycle Track |
| Woodlark | 1 | 29/10/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Winterbourne |
| Waxwing | 1 | 14/01/2017 | Yate |
| Waxwing | 20 | 14/01/2017 | Bristol, Fishponds, Staple Hill, CO-OP |
| Waxwing | 1 | 17/01/2017 | Aust |
| Waxwing | 6 | 04/02/2017 | Bristol, Staple Hill, Signal Rd |
| Waxwing | 4 | 01/03/2017 | Thornbury |
| Tree Sparrow | 1 | 31/10/2017 | Dundry, Garden |
| Richard's Pipit | 1 | 24/09/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Channel View farm sea wall |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Aust Cliff |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 18/10/2017 | Aust Cliff |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 31/10/2017 | Dundry, Garden |
| Hawfinch | 2 | 02/11/2017 | Cribbs Causeway |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 10/11/2017 | Dundry |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 30/11/2017 | Tortworth, Court |
| Lapland Bunting | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) Wain's Hill |
